[issue30440] document peephole optimizer effects

2017-05-23 Thread Raymond Hettinger
Raymond Hettinger added the comment: Thanks Emily. This should be probably be a FAQ entry (cpython/Doc/faq) because the peephole optimizer is a CPython implementation detail, because we don't normally document internal details such as which opcodes are generated or big-oh runtimes etc, beca

[issue30440] document peephole optimizer effects

2017-05-23 Thread Emily Morehouse
Emily Morehouse added the comment: Raymond, I'm willing to take over this issue with your guidance if you're open to it. -- nosy: +emilyemorehouse, rhettinger ___ Python tracker ___

[issue30440] document peephole optimizer effects

2017-05-23 Thread Andrew Dalke
New submission from Andrew Dalke: The peephole optimizer is an overall benefit to Python but it has some side-effects that occasionally cause problems. These are well-known in the issue tracker, but there is no other documentation which will help a Python programmer figure out which constructs

[issue30440] document peephole optimizer effects

2017-05-23 Thread Andrew Dalke
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